Friday, July 3, 2009

Old fashioned

Early morning, by the side of a road just outside Chennai. Farmers here continue to use these tools - the hoe and the ploughshare - for their small landholdings. The oxen were taking a break from the ploughing, grazing nearby.

The city will catch up with them very soon. Too soon.


2 comments:

LVISS said...

OXEN - I HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS TERM.

Shantaram said...

@ lviss: And also the hoe and the ploughshare :)